9%,)! 2:4 i. THUR .svr ME in, 19:4 lilillliilllii illitliltll ‘ 1: Width Commission on Social Research Makes: Report to the Epis- copal Convention l BRIDGEPORT, ll.-—Tbe State's responsibility for a vocation- June at education for its children over four- teen and under eighteen years of age is discussed in a report presented to the convention of the Protestant Epis- copal diocese of Connecticut, in ses- sion here yesterday. by the commis- sion on social service and social re search of the diocese. The says: report "There are in the state of Connecti- cw cl proximately 90.000 boys and girl! ween the ages of fourteen and eighteen. “Not more than 16,000 of these at the very maximum are in the high schools or other institutions of learn- i11g._£pproximateiy 36.000 are em- ployed in pursuits which require a working permit to enter. that is. the , in apical, manufacturing and mer- canfile occupations. It necessarily foilews that the balance of 38,000 are in idleness, or engaged ‘in the \‘ar— dons occupations and vocations for which no certificates are required. such as domestic pursuits, housekeep- ing and agriculture. and professions including teaching. of these 38.000. who are unaccounted for, certainly two—thirds. or approximately 25,000 children. are, or are soon to be. en- gaged in useful occupations, either of a gainful or a home maintaining na- _ ture. This number, added to the 36,- 000 of those to whom working certlti- cates have been issued, constitutes an aggregate of 00.000 boys and~ girls who must soon become dependent up- on a useful occupation. either to sup- port themselves or others, “What are we doing educationally. for these 60.000 souls whose moral as well as economic welfare is of vital importance to the state? The last legislature appropriated $125,000 a year for vocational education. .To a small degree. individual localities and private institutions may be extending an equal amount, mafiing at the very outside 8250, 000 which the state, as a. 2 whole, elthgrgpy political bodies or private corporations. is spending for the draining drills future citizens for useful pursuits." on the other hand. it is expending for , 15.000 in our . high ichooiamro. ‘ (year 1912-13.) ,If the coat of ‘supervlsion. interest on indebtedness, repairs and maintenance of buildings. were added to, this, it would approximate 31. 000. 000 a year, that the state and towns are expend- ing for the 15 000 high school chll dren, whose parents are certamly far better able to continue their education. than the parents of the laboring boys and girls. About onesixth of our to- tal school expenditure is devoted to the training of the 15,000 children in the high schools, while perhaps about onetwenty- fifth of our total school ex. penditure'is devoted to the industrial and vocational education of 60900” children. who are soon to become do- »«‘- intelligence. _ be enforced as a means of protecting pendent upon their industrial skill and1 'Connetticut legislation has clearly pointed to a responsibility for its chit-l dren until they are sixteen years ofi age, and has further aimed at the: policy of making ability and physin development the tests which were to children over 14 from exploitation in‘ industry_ "A wise development of our child labor laws will raise the standards of mental and physical development as fast as it is practical to enforce them. “Connecticut almOst slant of the states has insisted that ability rather ' than age should be the test. and in the furtherance of this policy. we plead that it must assume ita‘respor‘ sibiiity for a practical development oh its children to become self—supporting: “The tendency of industry is more! and more to specialize and more and more to exclude children from the op- portunities to learn a skilled calling. “it can not be urged that the 60,000 who are in industry have not a great- er claim upOn the state’s interest than the 15,000 children who are in our high schools at the same approximate ages. "Neither can it be urged that the burden of taxation already imposed makes this doubly impassible. Sup- posing that only 25 per cent. of the 00.000 children who are employed in gainful occupations could be reached. .nd that the earning power per day of the reaming 15,000 could be in- creased ten cents a day for the 280‘ working days of a year, we would' show a direct increased earning power for these 15,000 of $420,000 a year. it has been the evidence of every prac- tical training carefully and systemat- ically conducted that the earning pow. er of the graduates could be increas- ed not by ten cents. but by fifty cents a day, and in the more fmorable cases by a dollar a day, but We have takoni the figure of ten cents in order to be absolutely consenatile. “This earning power, moreover, is not increased by one year, but for the twenty working years of a laborer’s life. it is quite possible, therefore; that this investment upon one group’, of 15,000 would make a return inf wages during their working lives of} twenty times the one year‘s increase, or $8,400,000. “The cost of this to the state would. he about the same as a year's coat of l high school training, or :50. whtchi for the 15,000 children would mean? $750,000, or less than one-tenth ofi what the investment would return, 1' “The economlonocusity, however, is not the compelling reason for b' more practical and effective training of our children between 14 and 18. years of age. in greater justice to’ our working population, rather than to the high school pupils should we devote ourselves to making them de: pendent upon a skilled calling. A nation of inemcient workers can not be democratic nor social in tire senaa‘ of being self-respecting cuddle and co helpers. They are rather a natural prey to discontent because they have been encouraged to be spenders and‘ dependents. rather than producers and self helpers. . "‘We believe in and approve of the: Connecticut policy of insisting upon and protecting the children through] the enforcement of mental, physical} With handsome Avenues, walks, Beautiful Maple Shade Trees, Water, Electric Lights and Telephone. Take Dorlon’s = Point Trolley Direct to Property Best of soil to build upon. Fine class of PROPERTY CAREFULLY RESTRICTED On Easy Terms-«AUCTION ---0n Easy Terms Beginning Wednesday. June 17th, and continuing Thursday, June 18th; Friday, June 19th, and Saturday, June 20th, at 2 p. 111. each day. on the property, rain or shine. .1 13% “411‘ N -‘« 2 M m \ \ .1» Lvtbr Val... 1 ¢~‘t..ut b .. 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Most of as could do a lot of work and manual standards, rather than by "Wblle’trying to dodge it. F Summer Porch Furniture (The l‘ejudofle Kind Screen Dents, complete with hinges all Sizes S1 Mvcrcd li‘iheu 3. 001M crate. tangible experience in wanton, W1H lot!» L‘: k d L‘ ‘ 4" . x . situational llllllil minor Tolls Wyo’dsmlatiom That Thorn 1g gleeful Enthusiasm Align the Future dress today before the New 'York Bankers“ Asapclation in annual conven tion here. Frank A.Vanderl1p, preal dent of the National City Bank. of New York, analyzed the business situation of the day. holding that it had become dependent upon political rather than economic factorti. ' ' gong: diagnosis of a “psychologicn” trouble in business. ‘ “i believe." be said, “that the lack \ of enthusiasm about the future. state of pessimism that surrounds many phases of business, the disposi- tion toward entrain conservatism, the lack of new plans for capital expendi- ture for railway improvement and ex- ‘hnEW coupon, June‘11.—-1n In ad. in part boiaocepted Presidem Wit. the ' JoMILLER the offect‘of disused tariff ‘law, rather than of trade tendencies. Reports at the attitude'nd mind of the attorney- general vie in interest with the crop predictions of the secretary of agri culture. investigations by Bureaus, not so much the state of mind of the public it large—the state of mind which we can public 'opinton. and which through our political machinery dnall finds more or less accurate ex- pression in regulations. decisions and Commission: or congress form a more .laws. important feature in gauging market outlook than do the plans for develop- ment or expansion formulated by the -ex'ectitivo committees of corporations. Plane for development or expansion of railroads or business "enterprises have indeed been heard of but little The factors that we have mostly in mind are how new laws are going to work; what new laws are next to be passed: what i the , not of crops, but of Congressional action “if such psychological factors could be eliminated for a moment and the old View taken, we would nee foaming large the prospect of a rim agricul- tural yield. giving promise in some di- motions of bumper crops now almost Issued. "We would use easy meney here and abroad, and although we might argue that money was easy bounce of a lack of profitable employment, still its pres. ent case‘ would promise that there would be no interference with increas- “i do not want to be understood as believing that this state of the public mind, this qualityiof public opinion. is altogether wrong. The basis that is back of the demand for legislative re. stflction and control of business, 1 be lieve to be in large measure made up of sound economic facts. The devel- opment of industrialiam within our lifetime has been of such a revolution- ary character as naturally and rightly to create a demand for a body of con- trolling laws, such as were never dreamed of by our fathers. “legislation in accordance with sound economic principles, formulated with Justice and sincere human sym- pathy, is what we should all be striv- ing for. "I believe if business men will get themselves into a stpte of mind where they view conditions broadly, with a historical and social sense, rather than only from their individual point or view. .thy will apprehend better tension. for m industrial combo-t. ed- bunnies; nativity on the score of in- the direction in which the whole our- all have their roots in a state of mind, rather than in the satiation of actual mt rates. . “We would not. that We were on:- rent ogmlitical thought is flowing. and will feel less impatient with this legis- business data; but i on: not certain barked op die drill of a new banking tatlve movement, and vastly loss pes- that this state of mind WWW“! amnion: thigh—whatever points simian: concerning its results. unfounded team, that it is «mat by " Weapon thotltie of disagreement there might be— there VII. the unanimous opinion that "It beemsTo me time that we recog nixed and caught step with this wider “ed by boneless apprehension coneun- 'm warping would ultimately tend to spirit, and then endeavor to direct the m legielettv jtondtnciu and My.” Won trend of public opinion. , “The obstacles in (the m .ofibudb 3&sz may occupation-ow ,deoerlbodumeholoaleutudmubo mums-«maniacal . r: therefore» that it will for. p to come he a factor or WW ‘ continued my mu. .1. “Womld and sound credit condi- and in the merchants community. titanium Whitman to a’ you! ‘linummmmha movements which it has set in motion, rather than to obstruct its expression. which and: I farm in new or pro posed legislation. “We have heard much of the doom noes. Why thouid we not on politics in or the political W‘ 3&1. ”the industrial machine of the na- and-“business. What greater duty many; and soon you will auto bi harem to perform than to give the. "01W W. M donut. W“ 89091 518919993! f0 mtlyvkronter 90- with iodine role of national critics. Mom School Graduate alum . ‘ but rather-4b: gating truism enact- gumbo? . . ”flow, heuflamw m mmtbbulinmcon ivolvdnmthomtlonndm Minnow;- .m meantime” > ,‘ chw political ditto. shouted» man My «one ‘pruotléally lm- seeks store, rumor, It arm- with which would. monounsaootumtn‘ ' ‘ "foam-oblivious m:- m sun-nor 155 Washington Street South Norwalk ‘ con'ditionmako them . strong. Tim rights and to see that others recognize .. them. “We have no reason to be ashamed» of being business men: we buoyant " reason to be proud of it. We have, that right. and it will be far better for . this country as a whole if we enroll. it by demanding intelligent and ab representayon of business interests”). Congress. I believe that businessmen should insist upon that; should organ . izeto accomplish it. “i would so organize the bus men of the whole 'country that billion“ skites in Congress may be held up their true light to the public. lav openly go into the district of a gogue and either defeat him or prov that the public of that district who to be represented'by a known“ gogue. "The conduct of business is reality. more ethical than the public believed it to be. Our task is to' inform the public of the truth. and when this done, I, for one, will trust the pup! _ to reach an honest conciusion,]bnt V we are to have a public truly mm ed about business matters. W men must make united efforts to and. ” ‘ W GET RID OF THE TORMENT OF RHEUMAT'SM. p ‘ _ Remember how apry and active you- were before you had rheumatism, backache, swollen, aching joint! old stiff. painful muscles? Want to , that way again? You can—dust ‘ Foley Kidney Pills. 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